Stock-car



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O. G.- L. FRIK.

STOCK GAR. -1 10.244,444. V Patented July 19,1881.

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G. G. L. PRIK.

STOCK GAR.

o. 244,444. Patented July 19,1881.

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STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofvLetters Patent No. 244,444, dated July 19,1881.

Application filed April23, 1881. (No model.) I

a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stock-cars, and to that class inwhich provision is made for watering and feedingthe cattle. withouthaving to remove them from the car.

It more particularly relates to improvements in movable partitions whichcan be lowered,

out of the way While the car is being loaded and afterward eachpartition raised, thus forming a stall for one or more head of cattle,the said partitions having water and feed troughs attached, which can befilled without moving them, and to the devices by which the Water can bekept at a regular level in all ofthe water-troughs continuously.

To enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now proceed to describeit, refer-j encebeing had to the acconipanyin g drawings,

.forming a part of this specification.

1n the drawings, wherein similar letters of reference indicate likeparts,'Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a carembodyingmyinvention, the side being removed. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of asection of the same, a part of the roof being removed. Fig. 3 is an endview of the car. Figs. 4. and 5 are detailed views of the water-tank andregulating device forming part of my invention. Fig. 6 shows a frontelevation of the cross-bars of the partitions, representing them in theposition they would be placed when elevated out of the way.

The floor of the car A will be (about two inches) higher in the middlethan at the sides, as shown in Fig. 3, and on this floor there arefastened slats which taper from the outside toward the middle, thusrestoring it to a level. The distance between the slats will be aboutone or one and a-half inch, thus forming gutters for manifest purposes.

The partitions consist each of a series of cross-bars, a a and a, andlongitudinal bars b b, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The cross-bars a may be ofiron, while the bar a will be made of wood. The latter, a, have groovesin which run tubes a Fig. 1, by which the water-troughs c are supplied,and these pipes a are connected with a pipe, a running on the outside ofthe car. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 3.) The cross-bars aand a. are dovetailedat the ends, and slide up or down in grooves at the side of the car.(See Fig. 2.) These grooves in the car are formed in the mannerindicated in Fig. 2, and are of such length and proportions as to permitthe partition-bars a and a to slide freely in them.

The raising or lowering of the bars a a and a is accomplished by meansof two sets of ropes or chains, 01 d. The ropes d are fastened to eachof the bars a a (through which they pass) in such manner that when thebars are raised to form partitions they will be about one foot apart.The ropes d run on each side of the bars a and a, but are attached tothe lower one only, thus enabling all of the bars a and a to be raisedup out of the way, so that d pass over sheaves in the roof of the car,and thence beneath it to the shaft 01 to which they are made fast, andwound in opposite directions, the ropes d being wound thereon about fourfeet when the bars are raised to form partitions. The shaft (1 has acrank-handle and suitably-arranged ratchet-wheels, whereby it may beturned and prevented from returning after the'bars have been placed inthe desired posit-ion. The longitudinal bars I) I) run between thecross-bars a and a and the end of the car. Those extending to the end ofthe car, Fig. 2, are dovetailed at one endin grooves, like thecross-bars, but are connected with them by hooks, and at these pointsare curved upward, Fig. 1, to avoid contact with the troughs and thefeet of the cattle. These bars b I) will be raised or lowered by ropesat or near their ends, operated in a similar manner to those connectedwith the bars a a.

At the top of the car, either above or below the roof, and at one orboth sides or ends, are arranged water-tanks g 9, connected by leadpipes9 Fig. 2. These tanks ghave at each end of the car rubber lead-pipes g,with suitablyconstructed stop-cocks and couplings for connecting all ofthe cars of a train together, in a similar manner to the method employedon the well-known air-brakes. Thus water can be supplied to all the carswithout moving the entire train.

As the cars may be used separately, the tanks are furnished withstandpipes 9 having tightly-fitting covers, and by these pipes the tanksg may be filled. These openings in the tanks 9 may be made large enoughto allow them to be cleansed from the mud or other substance depositedby the water. Pipes h and 71. enter the tanks from below, Fig. 1. Bymeans of the pipe h the water flows down to what I term a regulator, It,and the pipe h, extending upward within the tank 9 to an air-chamberformed at the top of the tank, serves to admit the air, in the mannerhereinafter stated. The regulator It has the pipes r and 1", arranged asshown, by which it is joined to the tank through rubber tubes, Fig. 4.

A float, r, at the end of the lever-bar 1'", is connected with thestop-cock r in the flowpipe 0* h. The pipe 1" h, as shown at Fig. 5,descends within it, and as soon as the water has submerged the extremityof this pipe it is evident that the fiow of water from the tank must bechecked; but for additional security I have combined therewith the floatand stopcock. The regulator It is connected with the lead-pipe a forsupplying the water-troughs c by the rubber tube a, and as the regulatorcan be raised and lowered, as desired, it will be kept at about the sameheight as the water-troughs, and the water therein will therefore bemaintained at a certain level.

Stop-cocks may be placed in both the leadpipes h of the tank and in thepipe a nearits junction with the regulator.

To fill the tanks 9 with water when a number of cars are connected it ismanifestly unnecessary to open all the stand-pipes g for the water as itfills the tanks will force the air out through the pipes r It, thussaving much time in the operation, aside from that gained by theconnected tanks.

in gs hay and corn may be fed to the cattle, and thus the greatshrinkage in weight and the disease incident to a long fast, so commonin the transportation of stock, be avoided.

While the cars are being loaded all the bars are down on the floor, andhaving to step over them they will find it convenient as the car isfilled to place themselves in separate stalls. The cross-bars'now beingraised a short distance, water may be let on, when those of the cattlestanding with their heads where their tails should be will be very aptto turn for a drink, and as the longitudinal bars will also be uppartially they must drink, it at all, from their own troughs. The barsare now all raised, and the stock will be securely lodged for a journey.

To unload the cars all that is required will be to drop the bars anddrive out the stock, as in ordinary cars.

The car may, by my arrangement and combination of bars, be divided intoany number of stalls, either single or double.

If it should be desired to load the cattle crosswise, instead of in theway indicated, the longitudinal bars could be omitted and the feed andwater troughs arranged at the sides. This would require some change inthe minor features, but would not depart from the major ones embodied inmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In cars for the transportation of stock, a water-tank arrangedtherein, having lead-pipes at each end of the car, supplied withsuitablyconstructed couplings, whereby the said tank maybe filled andalso serve as a conduit for the water to others when connected therewithin a train of stock-cars, combined with the means employed forregulating automatically the flow of water from the aforesaid tanks tothe water-troughs and for the admission of air thereto.

2. The combination of troughs c on the adjustable bars a of thepartitions, intermediate supply-pipes, and the regulator R, by means ofwhich the amount of water in said troughs can be automatically regulatedwhen desired.

3. The combination of troughs c on the adjustable bars a of thepartitions, regulator It, by means of which the amount of water in saidtroughs can be automatically regulated when desired, tank 9, havingstand-pipes g for the purpose stated, and the intermediate leadpipes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

' (J. G. LOUIS FRIK.

Witnesses:

FRED. S. BELSTERLING, ALBERT H. LADNER.

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